WADE RATHKE is the founder of ACORN, Chief Organizer at ACORN International, and Author of "Nuts & Bolts", "Citizen Wealth", "Global Grassroots", and "The Battle for the 9th Ward".
Heerlen Planning the first organizing drives in the Netherlands, we of course don’t know what the issues might be, neighborhood to neighborhood, but we’re pretty confident that there will be tenant issues with both private landlords and with housing corporations. Private landlords are what they are, but these housing corporations are an animal of …
Heerlen An economics reporter for the Times offered an interesting set of observations from a personal and generational perspective about what she called “peak millennials,” which she defined as the sub-generation that will turn 33 and 34 in 2024. On a chart of US population growth, they hit the top as younger millennials. Since …
Heerlen A persistent question in the US, as well as many other countries around the globe, is “what’s driving this increase of populism?” Why are people so angry? Many who ask are dumbfounded, because they believe that things are so much better now. People are living longer. Median income has risen. People are better …